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ANGELO BADALAMENTI’s Lawnmower Man rides again with THE STRAIGHT STORY!
It’s been a long, wonderfully circular road for my peripheral involvement with THE STRAIGHT STORY. It began when I interviewed its wonderful star Richard Farnsworth for the dearly missed Venice Magazine upon the film’s release. Then I’d befriend composer Angelo Badalamenti for said publication when he drank cappuccino while scoring Mulholland Drive, an occasion on…
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When Killer Whales attack on vinyl with ENNIO MORRICONE’s ORCA!
Chum the blood-red vinyl waters for ENNIO MORRICONE’s ORCA on vinyl that debuts Varese Sarabande Records’ new Reel Cult LP label, with my liner notes taking a deep dive into this alternately melodic and savage score of just animal vengeance from The Maestro of White Dog and The Thing HERE!
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Rock out to first person metal scoring with CLINT MANSELL’s expanded DOOM!
Load up your BFG, and unleash rocking metal hell on martian mutants with Varese Sarabande Records’ two-CD special edition of Clint Mansell’s DOOM, with my liner notes featuring a new interview with slimy space marine Richard Brake on this thrashing exercise in first person scoring from the composer of Requiem for a Dream and Black…
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Climb into the chilling musical waters of ALAN SILVESTRI’s expanded WHAT LIES BENEATH!
Go into the musically chilling bathtub and retrieve the expanded special edition of Alan Silvestri’s WHAT LIES BENEATH, new from Varese Sarabande Records with my liner notes featuring new interviews with story originator Sarah Kernochan and SHIELD agent to be screenwriter Clark Gregg on this suspenseful, Bernard Herrmann-styled tribute to filmmaker Robert Zemeckis’ ghostly thriller…
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JOHN PAESANO rules the KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES on a new Film Music Live!
Watch a new episode of my composer interview videocast Film Music Live as JOHN PAESANO (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, Detroit Become Human) extensively talks about his deep dive into The Jerry Goldsmith Zone to launch himself on his epic musical exploration through the KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, all while looking at his…
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DOMINIC LEWIS Kiss-es and tells on his 80’s style stunt music for THE FALL GUY on a new Film Music Live!
Watch a new episode of my Film Music Live videocast as DOMINIC LEWIS (Bullet Train, Violent Night, Spirited) talks about going full 80’s with his rocking musical stunt spectacular for THE FALL GUY where he brings in the Kiss thunder, an original ballad and a Miami Vice boatload of stylistically fun action for his latest…
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THE BALDENWEGS are IN THE LAND OF SAINTS & SINNERS to bring their mutually unique music to Liam Neeson’s particular set of homegrown, troubled skills
Given the usual standard, sometimes exceptional, and now more often than not workmanlike exercises in Irish actor Liam Neeson’s silver fox brand of action hero bad-assery, one can take his seemingly near constant films for granted. But then like some thunderbolt, a Neeson movie like “In the Land of Saints & Sinners” arrives to show…
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CHRISTOPHER YOUNG and ERLINGUR THORODDSEN pay THE PIPER on a new Film Music Live!
Watch a new Film Music Live videocast as CHRISTOPHER YOUNG (Jennifer 8, Sinister, Pet Sematary) and ERLINGUR THORODDSEN (Rift, Cold) talk about collaborating on the blood-soaked classical concert of THE PIPER (score on Intrada). It’s an in depth look at the director-composer dance for this striking horror film, all while Christopher reveals the method to…
